Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 36.0.19 and 43.0.0, the Cranelift compiler backend bit-packs SSA value indices in a way that can silently overflow in release builds when compiling a sufficiently large or specially crafted Wasm function with many SSA values. The overflow can make Cranelift reference incorrect IR values, causing arbitrary miscompilation, type confusion, and other attacker-controlled effects that may escape the Wasm sandbox on any architecture using the default Cranelift backend. This issue is fixed in versions 36.0.19 and 43.0.0.
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| Description | Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 36.0.19 and 43.0.0, the Cranelift compiler backend bit-packs SSA value indices in a way that can silently overflow in release builds when compiling a sufficiently large or specially crafted Wasm function with many SSA values. The overflow can make Cranelift reference incorrect IR values, causing arbitrary miscompilation, type confusion, and other attacker-controlled effects that may escape the Wasm sandbox on any architecture using the default Cranelift backend. This issue is fixed in versions 36.0.19 and 43.0.0. | |
| Title | Wasmtime: Bit-packing in Cranelift compiler causes silent overflow and miscompilation | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-197 CWE-843 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-10-23T21:23:27.669Z
Updated: 2026-10-23T21:23:27.669Z
Reserved: 2026-10-23T19:37:27.176Z
Link: CVE-2026-115889
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-23T22:16:58.400
Modified: 2026-10-23T22:16:58.550
Link: CVE-2026-115889
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